Pelosi, Mnuchin Agree On Plan To Avoid Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Trump administration have informally agreed to keep a stopgap government-wide funding bill — needed to avert a shutdown at the ...
Media Taken to Task After Rabbi Kanievsky Disparaged For Out of Context Coronavirus Ruling
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - One day after Israel’s coronavirus czar, news outlets and social media were quick to denigrate Rav Chaim Kanievsky for reportedly offering a blanke...
Wrangler Introduces Jeep’s First Electric-powered Vehicle
DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler's Jeep brand is starting to offer gas-electric hybrid and eventually full electric powertrains across its lineup.
The company rolled out the first o...
Audit: Political Mail Delayed In Baltimore Before Primary
BALTIMORE (AP) — About 68,000 pieces of political mail were delayed for five days upon arriving at a Baltimore mail processing facility ahead of Maryland's June primary, according ...
Joe Biden, Do You Really Want To Meet Such A Rabid Antisemite?
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Joe Biden's campaign announced in a press release Wednesday that he will be meeting with Jacob Blake Sr., the father of Jacob Blake, the black man shot seven ...
Pelosi Says Hair Salon Should Apologize For ‘Set-up’ Visit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A testy Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she takes responsibility for trusting the word of a San Francisco hair salon that it was OK to come in for a solo visit — e...
Trump Looks To Defund NYC, Cuomo Responds With Threats
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As a part of his campaign to restore law and order to America's cities, President Trump has ordered the federal government to begin a process which will defund...
CDC Tells States: Be Ready To Distribute Vaccines On Nov. 1
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1.
The timeline raised concern among public...
NCSY Removes Name From Jewish Black Lives Matter Statement, Citing Politics
NEW YORK (JTA) — NCSY, an Orthodox youth group, has removed its name from a Jewish letter in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, citing the movement’s politicization.
Th...
Video Shows Rochester Police Putting Hood On Black Man, Pinning Him To The Ground Before His Asphyxiation Death In March
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, ...
Iran’s Khamenei Singles Out Jared Kushner As The ‘Jewish Member Of Trump’s Family’ In Tweet Decrying ‘Filthy Zionist Agents’
TEHRAN (JTA) - Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called out Jared Kushner as “the Jewish member of Trump’s family” in attacking the normalization agreement between Isr...
US Surgeon General Advises Orthodox Rabbis On High Holiday Practices
WASHINGTON (JTA) – In a call with Orthodox rabbis, the U.S. surgeon general encouraged the spiritual leaders to take precautions when planning High Holiday services this year.
D...
Watch: Biden Says Kenosha Officer “Needs To Be Charged”
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden is hammering President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak ahead of a planned trip to Wisconsin, a pivotal swing state that’s beco...
GOP, Trump Campaign Sue Montana Over All-Mail Voting Option
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and the Republican Party sued Montana on Wednesday after Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock gave counties the choice to...
New US Sanctions On International Tribunal Prosecutor, Aide
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and one of her top aides for continuing to inv...
Bar Betting On Violence In Chicago, New York Is Investigated
MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a Long Island bar that posted on Instagram that it was taking bets on whether Chicago or New York City would see more shootings ...
Breslov Chasidim Demonstrate, Lobby, Release Video Showing Uman Precautions
UMAN, UKRAINE (VINnews) — In an attempt to persuade the Ukrainian authorities that all steps are being taken to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus during the coming Rosh Hashana ga...
Airline Crews Report Jetpack Flier Near Los Angeles Airport
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration and the FBI said Tuesday they are investigating reports from airline pilots that someone was flying in a jetpack as they appr...
HHS cancelling ventilator contracts, says stockpile is full
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency cont...
Pompeo Cancels Plan To Film Trump Campaign Ad Geared To US Expats While In Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled plans to film a campaign ad in Israel to encourage Americans living there to vote for President Donald Trump.
The deci...